Comparison of potential drinking water source contamination across one hundred U.S. cities

In the U.S. today nearly no surface waters are drinkable without treatment. Here, the authors demonstrate that four-fifths of cities that withdraw surface water are supplying water that includes a portion of treated wastewater, concentrated in the Midwest, the South, and Texas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sean W. D. Turner, Jennie S. Rice, Kristian D. Nelson, Chris R. Vernon, Ryan McManamay, Kerim Dickson, Landon Marston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27509-9